Fishing-reel.



No. 686,353. Patan td Nov. 12, I90l.

w. SHAKESPEARE, m.

FISHING REEL.

(Application filed Apr. 27, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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FISHING-REEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 686,353, dated November 12, 1901.

Application filed April 27, 1901.

To LLZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM SHAKES- PEARE, Jr., a citizen of the United States, and

a resident of Kalamazoo, in the county of Kal- Reels,of which the following is a specification reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 illustrates an elevation of the reel, partly broken away to show the interior construction of the click mechanism. Fig. 2 illustrates a View similar to Fig. l, but showing the opposite side of the reel, the crank being omitted. It is partly broken away in order to show the interior gearing. Fig. 3 illustrates a vertical sectional view of part of the reel, certain parts being shown in elevation. Fig. l illustrates a detail of the click-actuatin g slide. Fig. 5 illustrates a detail of the click-lever.

My invention consists in certain improvements in the construction of the reel, whereby it is made lighter, stronger, and with less pieces than heretofore and at the same time admits of the reel being taken apart when necessary more easily. The spool is also of a new construction, resulting in greater strength and rigidity than heretofore. The click is entirely now, both as to its form and method of operation, and is judged superior to the forms heretoforein use; also, the construction of the ends of the reel,including the end plates, is improved.

A represents the fishing-rod; B, the reel base-plate, whereby it may be clamped to the rod in any usual form.

C is a ring which forms one of the side pieces of the reel-frame, preferably made of rubber, gutta-percha, or the like, but may be made of any suitable material.

D is a plate of suitable material, preferably aluminium, German silver, or brass, which is provided with radially-proj ectin g ears E. The plate is seated in a circumferential rabbet F, made in the ring C. The ears E are likewise received in suitably-formed recesses G, made in the ring 0. The exterior surface of the plate D may be flush with the surface of the ring 0 or it may project therefrom somewhat. The intent in forming the rabbets and re- .the spool-shaft.

g Serial No. 57,849. (No model.)

cesses G is that the ring will be stiffened and strengthened by the engagement of the edges 'of the plate D against the angle of the rabbet F, so that blows which the reel is exceedingly apt to receive will be resisted by the edges of the plate and not upon the usual cross pillars slightly thicker than the one on the opposite side, because the gearing necessarily requires more space than the click devices.

In Fig. 2 the handle and crank'H are shown in dotted lines, the gear I lying beneath it. This meshes into a pinion or its equivalent J, integral with or attached to the end of (See Fig. 3.) The shaft is marked K.

L L are the ordinary cross-posts, held in place by screws M, which pass through the ears E of the plates and through the ring 0 to enter the ends of the posts, as usual.

The spool is of a peculiar construction, as follows, reference being had to Fig. 3: The shaft K is made of a single piece, having the pinion J and the reduced journal N made as one integral piece. bed at their centers, as shown at P, and are secured to the shaft K by threads or solder, as the case may be. The hub adords a long bearing between the flange and the shaft, so that when the parts are threaded together or if soldered or otherwise held the joint is a secure and reliable one.

The click mechanism (shown best in Figs. 1, 4, and 5) is as follows: Q is a lever pivoted at R to the side plate. S is a spring, which normally throws it outwardly, and T is an elastic lip or finger, which is attached to one end of the lever. The finger T is so located that when pressed inwardly it will engage with the teeth or cogs on the click-pinion J, thereby engendering the resistance desired. The click is actuated by a sliding thumbpiece W, the shank U of which passes through a slot made in the appropriate ring 0, and on the inside there is a shoe V, which engages with the lever or with the outward end of the The flanges O are hub finger T, as the case may be. These parts are more clearly shown in Fig. 4.

The operation of the click is as follows: When the sliding thumb-piece W is in the position shown in Fig. 1, the click is out of engagement with the pinion J, and consequently not in operation. To throw it into operation, the sliding thumb -piece W is pressed downwardly to the other end of the slot in the ring 0, (illustrated by dotted lines,) whereupon the finger T will be forced inwardly into engagement with the pinion J and the retardation to revolution of the spool afforded.

It will be noted that in my reel the rings 0 are firmly clamped between the shoulders of the cross-pillars L and the metal plates D, and also that they are protected against fracture by the support given to them by the edges of the plates and the ears E, through which the screws pass, so that no strain comes upon any special part of the rings, which are the parts most liable to fracture. Consequently I secure strength and durability in this part of the apparatus; also, since the ears E and the plates as well are embedded wholly or partially in the rabbets formed in the rings they are not liable to injury. The employment of rings instead of continuous plates is a new construction in reels of this class, whereby considerable saving in weight and bulk is effected. The spools also are constructed in a specially desirable manner, the shafts being all in one piece, embodying the shaft proper, the two pinions on the end, (one for the actuating-gear and the other for the click,) and the journals in conjunction with the flanges, each made in a single piece and having the hub integral with it. This results in a peculiarly strong and durable spool. The click-operating device has been highly approved by those who have seen it because of the ease of its operation, its simplicity, and what may be called smoothness in operationthat is to say, the retardation to the revolution of the spool is as great or greater than that heretofore provided, so far as I am aware, and yet there is none of that sharp jerky operation of the parts noticeable in some other constructions.

The details of construction may be departed from somewhat and yet the essentials of the invention be present.

Having described my invention, I claim 1. A reel embodying rabbeted side rings, side plates seated in said rabbets, pillars connecting the two sides of the reel, and screws which pass through the plates and the rings and enter the posts, thereby clamping all of said parts together, for the purposes set forth.

2. A reel embodying rabbeted and recessed side rings, side plates provided with ears seated in said rabbets and recesses respectively, pillars connecting the two sides of the reel, and screws passing through the ears of WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, JR.

Witnesses:

M. VENDER MAAS, WALTER CRAWFORD. 

